Etchells off and running

Simon Russell reports on a tricky race course

Since the departure of "Isobel" and the 20 to 40 knots of wind in Long Island sound. Day one of the Etchell's worlds experienced an extremley light and difficult day 1!

The practice race was abandoned at mark one with the leaders taking over 45 minutes to reach it and the rest who didn't stopping for their lunch.

After a long delay, some sizeable windshifts and a couple of postponements racing got underway when the breeze had built to 6knots at 190 degrees. Understanding the shifts and spotting the increase in Breeze was proving hard.

First to the top mark was Judd Smith with Most boats coming from the starboard end filling the top twenty positions. It was snakes and ladders all the way to the finish of a long brain frying race with the wind at 320degrees as we crossed the line.

1st to finish was USA 1001 Bill Fortenberry, 2nd USA 1262 Ken Read, and 3rd NZL 1184 Cameron Appleton.

The British fleet stuggled in these light conditions with only Roger Wickens, Jarvis tilly and Stuart Childerley ending in the top 25 of the 95 strong fleet.

		Crew	Race 1
1	USA1001	B. Fortenberry, P. Murphy & N. Frizzell	1
2	USA1262	K. Read, K. Anderson & S. Norris	2
3	NZL1184	C. Appleton, P. Merrington & P. Gudmunson	3
4	CAN1179	L. Creaser*, E. Koppernaes* & T. Yuill	4
5	CAN1231	H. Fogh*, R. Cheer* & T. Fogh	5
6	USA1221	J. Smith*, H. Frazer* & A. Wills	6
7	NZL991	C. Thorpe, S. Barton & B. Joyce	7
8	USA1227	D. Conner, P. Burton & T. Ray	8
9	GBR967	R. Wickens, M. Dowher & T. Martell	9
10	USA1070	P. Garland, D. Moffat & T. Hotchkiss	10
11	USA1220	H. Jones*, D. Whelan*, M. Whelan & C. Lewis	11
12	AUS869	J. Warlow, G. Geiger & D. Ingram	12
13	USA280	B. Burton*, G. Burton* & G. Hummel	13
14	USA960	C. Proctor, B. Kinney & G. Stevens	14
15	HKG1051	M. Thornburrow*, T. Parsons* & A. Webster	15
16	USA880	T. Anderson, D. Ornstein & R. Phelps	16
17	CAN743	J. Roy*, R. Gale* & P. Gallant	17
18	USA1104	B. Hovey*, G. Schimenti* & K. Klinger	18
19	USA1260	B. Lynn, T. Erskine & D. Sabin	19
20	GBR1250	J. Tilly, E. Peel & K. Williamson	20
21	AUS923	M. Bradford, M. O'Brien & G. Adshead	21
22	GBR987	S. Childerley, S. Russell & R. Marino	22
23	USA1063	H. Schutz, H. Ostrom & P. Ginz	23
24	AUS1102	S. O'Rourke, S. Condie & J. Minter	24
25	USA44	D. Curtis, G. Iverson & N. Fowler	25
26	USA1169	T. Hughes*, B. Pistay* & J. Stewart	26
27	USA1166	S. Hebb, G. Malcolm & P. Gow	27
28	USA1155	J. Batts, J. Easley & J. Sale	28
29	USA294	D. Neville*, M. Hobson* & C. Ceyer III	29
30	USA1092	S. Kelley, B. Altman & M. Hennely	30
31	CAN1247	A. Leibel, D. Ceasar & J. Finch	31
32	USA1199	I. Evans, T. Britton & M. Craig	32
33	GBR1251	A. Razmilovic, J. Tremlett, D. Bedford & I. Budgers	33
34	AUS1271	C. Miles, P. Smidmore & J. Mayjor	34
35	USA1233	R. Doyle, T. Doyle & E. Doyle	35
36	USA1177	C. Clark, R. Sherry & R. Wood	36
37	CAN1246	R. Kidd, L. Lemieux & G. Bratkiw	37
38	AUS1082	S. Lewis, L. Molloy & J. Muir	38
39	CAN1063	A. Gray, M. LaFleche & N. Sinclair	39
40	GBR1110	H. Sellars, M. Till & M. Wait	40
41	USA664	W. O'Connor, S. Beckwith & J. Nyan	41
42	CAN789	P. Rafuse, S. Handrahan & F. Kennedy	42
43	GBR1147	N. Razmilovic, B. Hammersley & M. Nichols	43
44	USA1261	T. Piper, S. Rice & T. Banks	44
45	AUS1119	T. Hirst, M. Hughes & M. Coxon	45
46	USA1016	R. Schlesinger, A. Seriney & R. Casasco	46
47	USA1232	M. Beckmann, L. Horvat & M. Rogers	47
48	USA1107	T. Boyle, J. Priddis, D. Dowd & P. LeBoussiere	48
49	USA579	R. Stevens, D. Brush, M. Grosby & C. Seiler	49
50	AUS1030	N. Drennan, P. Doriean & G. Kamelka	50
51	USA1071	H. Sprinlger, B. Meagher & B. Bentz	51
52	USA1263	A. Giglia*, S. Weil* & J. Corwin	52
53	USA706	P. Isler, A. Means & W. Stout	53
54	CAN1265	D. Kneulman*, D. Smithers* & H. Lammens	54
55	BER1249	T. Patton, R. Billingham & W. Thompson	55
56	USA1208	J. Hoekman, T. Labaugh & M. Skelly	56
57	USA1111	P. Stadel, M. Toso & T. Naylon	57
58	USA1103	J. Ulbrich, M. Storrs & S. deLisser	58
59	USA971	K. Hestehave, K. Clausen & B. Branstad	59
60	USA517	W. Edwards, T. Platt & J. Muller	60
61	AUS738	G. Hinds, A. Gavenlock & R. Blackwell	61
62	CAN1072	G. Anderson*, M. Clarke* & R. Battye	62
63	AUS1150	B. Steele, C. Wallrock & J. Wurmfeld	63
64	USA1126	R. Kaiser, G. Whitley, V. Mathews & S. Alger	64
65	USA1238	G. Gilbert, C. Lewis & R. Erda	65
66	GBR1195	P. Blowers*, J. McCarthy* & A. Yates	66
67	USA638	P. Feldman*, B. Zemmin* & S. Thompson	67
68	USA1203	G. Morrison*, K. Longson* & S. Vinelli	68
69	USA569	G. Hodkinson*, B. Dyett & S. Fisk	69
70	ISR204	S. Brokman*, A. Bilik*, A. Shulman & V. Ben-kiki	70
71	USA162	E. Altman, A. Whittone & W. Kalmbach	71
72	USA663	W. Chambers, M. Berge & C. Schasiepen	72
73	USA904	E. Ash*, C. Kimmendahl* & D. Sligh	73
74	CAN1154	G. McKay, J. Conway, I. Brown & B. McKane	74
75	USA1212	J. Nye, T. Burnham & S. Adler	75
76	GBR1020	L. Chaplin, R. Chaplin & M. Johnston	76
77	USA988	J. Fulp, R. White & J. Corwin	77
78	USA1222	C. Marx, G. Marx & T. Marx	78
79	USA1241	K. Womack, J. Peine & L. Cozzolino	79
80	DEN1003	M. Weis-Fogh, A. Mulverstedt & R. Bojesen	80
81	USA1012	C. Baker, P. Simpson & M. Sykes	81
82	USA1209	D. Smalley*, G. Corwin* & D. Kurts	82
83	USA1139	R. Ross, P. Rowson, D. Shillingburg & D. Olsen	83
84	USA1200	S. Girling, C. Johannessen & T. Maier	94\OCS
85	USA1266	P. Duncan, T. Blackwell & B. Barton	94\OCS
86	USA1153	J. Bainton, G. Bottino & S. Citrin	94\OCS
87	USA1152	D. Champion, S. Smith & B. Ledbetter	94\OCS
88	USA1090	D. Dever, R. Shellow & A. Mulder	94\OCS
89	USA1207	J. Padnos, R. Gamache & M. Munson	94\OCS
90	USA983	K. Hoyt, P. Sloan & J. Rozwadowski	94\OCS
91	USA981	T. Dawson*, K. Germain* & J. Harvey	94\OCS
92	USA1076	R. Bodden*, T. Yourieff* & S. Mogle	94\RAF
93	USA4	R. Hertz, G. Sentilles & R. Hertz	94\OCS